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Barnyard
Paramount Pictures
FILM:
MPAA RATING: PG for some mild peril and rude humor
Starring
Kevin James,
Sam Elliott,
Danny Glover,
Courteney Cox,
Wanda Sykes,
and
Andie MacDowell
A hilarious look at what really happens in a barnyard when the farmer's back is turned. (Paramount)
| GENRE(S): |
Animation
|
Comedy
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Family/Kids
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| WRITTEN BY: |
Steve Oedekerk
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| DIRECTED BY: |
Steve Oedekerk
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| RELEASE DATE: |
DVD: December 12, 2006
Theatrical: August 4, 2006
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| RUNNING TIME: |
88 minutes, Color |
| ORIGIN: |
USA |

All critic scores are converted to a 100-point scale. If a critic does not indicate a score, we assign a score based on the general impression given by the text of the review. Learn more...
75
Chicago Tribune
Michael Phillips
It's a better-than-average animated feature.

70
Variety
Joe Leydon
Zippy enough to delight youngsters and clever enough to engage their parents.

70
LA Weekly
Ella Taylor
Even an advanced case of critter fatigue shouldn't stop you from rushing out to see this delightfully cheeky animated tale.

70
Chicago Reader
J.R. Jones
The CGI is excellent, with characters whose depth and solidity suggest Nick Park's clay animations.

63
USA Today
Claudia Puig
It's a sweet and mildly funny movie that will entertain young audiences, but one aspect is utterly mystifying: The two main characters, father and son bovine creatures, have large, distracting udders.

63
Charlotte Observer
Lawrence Toppman
All of Barnyard is odd. Oddly funny much of the way, oddly serious when it makes room for the early death of a beloved character or the hushed birth of another, oddly musical with its melange of hip-hop and reggae and hard rock and bluegrass.

58
Entertainment Weekly
Gregory Kirschling
It feels like Barnyard swipes too much of its plot from "The Lion King."

58
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
Sean Axmaker
It's bright, colorful and udder-ly unmemorable.

50
The Hollywood Reporter
Luke Sader
While youngsters might enjoy the movie, more discerning tweens, teens and adults will not be as easily amused.

50
Washington Post
Jennifer Frey
Will entertain the kids; not so much the grown-ups.

50
San Francisco Chronicle
Peter Hartlaub
An often amusing but also an aimless and forgettable animated comedy that is noteworthy mostly for its random musical numbers and surprising amounts of violence.

42
Baltimore Sun
Chris Kaltenbach
For the most part, it's uninspired, not much to look at and laugh-free.

40
Film Threat
Michael Ferraro
Barnyard isn't a complete waste of time, it's just too familiar.

40
The New York Times
Manohla Dargis
Like too many animated films aimed at children, Barnyard embraces stereotypes that generally no longer cut it in adult films, and for good reason.

38
New York Post
Kyle Smith
If you want to punish your kids, send them to bed without dinner. If you want to disturb, frighten and depress them while making sure they fail biology, take them to the animated feature Barnyard.

38
TV Guide
Angel Cohn
Moooove along, there's nothing to see here!

38
New York Daily News
Elizabeth Weitzman
A bizarrely off-key animated comedy.

38
Boston Globe
Ty Burr
Speaking as both a parent and a critic, I do believe I'd rather drive rusty railroad spikes through my eyes than have to sit through one more computer generated family film about talking animals. The bad news for Hollywood is that after seeing Barnyard my kids feel the same way.

38
The Globe and Mail (Toronto)
Jennie Punter
The disturbing thing in this preposterous piece of family fluff from writer-director Steve Oedekerk (Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls, the Oscar-nominated Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius) is the sight of bulls with udders.

30
Austin Chronicle
Brian Clark
It's a fine message, but, in the case of the film itself, a little originality would have gone even further.

30
Los Angeles Times
Carina Chocano
It's always dispiriting to see children's movies succumb to desperate pandering to the coolness imperative, especially since, given the marketing muscle they tend to have behind them, the bigger trick seems to be in getting people not to see them.

25
The Onion (A.V. Club)
Scott Tobias
It shouldn't be surprising that writer-director Steve Oedekerk, the man responsible for "Kung Pow! Enter The Fist" and the second "Ace Ventura" movie, considers single-celled organisms as he shoots for the lowest common denominator.

25
Premiere
Marie Iida
One of the film's few virtues is Danny Glover as the voice of Miles the mule.

25
Miami Herald
Peter Debruge
Loud, sophomoric and stunningly crude.


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